Andrea Escobar Explained

Birth Name:Andrea Escobar Duque
Birth Date:1988 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height:1.79 m
Occupation:Actress, model, television host
Years Active:2003–present

Andrea Marcela Escobar Duque (born July 22, 1988) is a Colombian actress, television hostess, and model.

Escobar is the oldest of two. Her brother one year younger is a chef, native of San Juan Bautista de Guacari.

Modelling career

Escobar won the Elite Model Look Colombia 2003 and placed number 16 out of more than 100 contestants in the finals of Elite model look held in Singapore.[1] She then signed a contract with Stock Models in Bogota. A year later Escobar was scouted by the agency Michelle Pommier and moved to Miami. Later that year she changed her agency to Joy Front Management.[2]

Her list of clients includes an exclusive show of Roberto Cavalli's birthday party as her first job in the USA. She has worked with major designers like Agata Ruiz De La Prada, Adolfo Dominguez, Custo Barcelona, Marck Jacobs, Bvlgary, Cartier, American Eagle, Rosa Cha, La Martina, MAC cosmetics, Diesel, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Avanti, South Pole, Gab, Tommy Hilfiger, Sauvage, Beats by Dr Dre, Gottex, Steve Madden, Federciks of Hollywood, YSL, and Victoria's Secret.

Escobar has participated in music videos with artists like Luis Fonsi, Romeo Santos, Ludacris, Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne, Wycleft, T.I, Timbaland, Pitbull, and David Guetta.

She also was the cover of Diners magazine in August 2004, the cover of Vitalika for the month of July in 2009, and Revista Don Juan had her as the cover of the month of August in 2013.[3] She has appeared on the pages of Infashion (Colombia), Fuscia (Colombia), Caras (Colombia), Novias (Colombia), Revista TV & Novelas (Colombia), Miss & Bliss (Brazil), Eres (Mexico), & (Miami), Ocean drive (Miami), Dmag (Argentina), Venue magazine (Miami), Esquire Latin America (South and Central America), Esquire magazine (Colombia) among others around the globe.

Escobar is also active in helping others in 2004 was part of a campaign with the name of "Cartagena look 2004" to raise money getting help for those affected by the rain in Colombia. She collaborates with Amigos For Kids and Little Lighthouse Foundation.

Awards

Acting credits

Escobar made her debut as an actress in Colombia in Pasion de Gavilanes in 2003.She has acted in a couple of episodes of Burn Notice, CSI Miami and CSI LA. Film in Miami between 2005 and 2008 Escobar had a recurrent role in the popular TV series Aurora (telenovela) from 2010 to 2011. She also did a small part on the movie Rock of Ages with Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2012.Later Escobar had a guest role in La Gata (telenovela) in 2014She played Brea in Ballers, an HBO series in 2015.

Escobar has studied acting in her country with Alfonso Ortiz, Vicky Hernandez, Sergio Cabrera and his wife Florina Lemetre. Once in Miami she prepared with Sebastian Ligarde, Roberto Huicochea, Adela Romero. She studied acting at the New York film academy.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tiempo . Casa Editorial El . 2012-12-05 . Andrea Escobar, la única colombiana en modelar Victoria's Secret . 2024-01-05 . El Tiempo . spanish.
  2. Web site: Andrea Escobar - Fashion Model Models Photos, Editorials & Latest News The FMD . 2024-01-05 . The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com.
  3. Web site: Tiempo . Casa Editorial El . 2013-08-14 . Entrevista con Andrea Escobar, la chica DONJUAN de agosto . 2024-01-05 . El Tiempo . spanish.
  4. Web site: Andrea Escobar Actress . 2024-01-05 . IMDb . en-US.